Linotype-machine.



PATENTED JUNE 13, 1905.

D. S-KENNEDY. LINOTYPE MACHINE APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19,1904.

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LINOTYPE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.19,1904.

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No. 792,521. PATENTED JUNE 13, 1905. D. S. KENNEDY.

'LINOTYPE MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19,1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID S. KENNEDY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MERGEN- THALERLINOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

LlNOTYPE-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,521, dated June 13,1905.

Application filed November 19, 1904. Serial N0. 233,491.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID S. KENNEDY, of Brooklyn, county of Kings, andState of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inLinotype-Machines, of which I the following is a specification.

This invention has reference more particularly to an improvement in thecommercial linotype-machine of the general organization represented inUnited States patents to Ottmar Mergenthaler, Nos. 436,532 and 557,000,and has in view a more speedy and convenient change in the font or faceof the matrices employed therein. These machines as heretoforeconstructed have individual circulating matrices, some fifteen hundredin number, which are mounted in an inclined channeled magazine, to whichthey are delivered from the composed lines by the distributing mechanismat the top of the machine and from which they are delivered, one at atime, by an escapement mechanism at the lower end in order that they maypass successively to the lines in course of composition. vices weremounted inand formed a part of the magazine, which latter waspermanently secured to a massive underlying frame em ployed to preventit from springing out of shape. The upper end of the magazine wascommonly provided with a channeled throat or entrance curved verticallyto assist in guiding the matrices from the distributer into the magazinechannels. When a speedy substitution of one font of matrices for anotherwas required, it was necessary to remove the entire magazine, togetherwith its escapements, its baseframe, and the channeled entrance at thetop, the organization of the parts being such that this removal wasnecessarily in an upward and rearward direction over an elevatedsustainhundred pounds, the interchange of magazines was a laborious anddangerous matter, commonly requiring the attendance of two persons.

The escapement de- In carrying my invention into effect I arrange themagazine-supporting frame, whereby the magazine is kept in position andprevented from sagging, permanently in the main frame as a part thereof,seat the magazine loosely upon the support, and so modify the form ofthe main frame that the magazine may be withdrawn laterally and turneddownward at one side for removal. The escapement devices and thechannel-entrance are preferably attached to the main frame, so that themagazine may be independently removed, and l prefer to provide themagazine and the frame with interlocking or suspending devices by whichthe magazine will be automatically engaged and suspended at the side ofthe machine when it is withdrawn, so that it way be conveniently graspedand handled by the operator, these devices serving also to facilitatethe application of the substitute magazine.

The invention also includes other and minor details of construction,which will be hereinafter explained.

With the exception of the parts hereinafter described the machine may beof any approved construction.

The drawings represent the upper part of an ordinary commerciallinotype-machine of the present day with my improvements incorporatedtherein, being limited to those parts with which the improvements aredirectly associated.

Figure 1 represents a perspective View of the magazine, distributer, andattendant parts of a linotype-machine in accordance with my invention.Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the removable magazine and itsstationary base-frame, the magazine being shown in an intermediateposition in the course of removal. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of theparts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the lower end of themaga zine on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3, showing the supporting-rollsthereunder. Fig. 5 is a plan view illustrating the arrangement of therollers for holding the magazine in position and moving it endwise awayfrom the escapement devices in the act of removal.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the rigid main frame, which maybe of any appropriate form and construction.

B represents the distributer, extended horizontally across the top ofthe main frame and serving to deliver the matrices to the magazine inthe ordinary manner.

C is the channeled throat or entrance into which the matrices fall fromthe distributer and by which they are directed as they slide downwardinto the upper ends of the appropriate channels in the magazine.

D is the inclined magazine, consisting of two parallel plates suitablyspaced apart, as usual, and provided in their inner faces with groovesor channels to receive and guide the edges of the matrices which arecarried therethrough by gravity.

E represents the so-called escapementbar, through which channelscorresponding with those of the magazine are extended for the passage ofthe matrices as they are released from the magazine.

F represents the oscillating escapements mounted on the escapeinent-bar,one for each channel, and actuated. by key-rods G for the purpose ofreleasing the designated matrices one at a time and permitting them toslide forward into the vertically-channeled front plate II to theinclined belt I, by which they are carried to the assembling devices.

The foregoing parts are constructed and arranged to operate in. theordinary manner with the following exception. The escapement-bar Einstead of being secured to and forming part of the magazine I), asheretofore, is now secured. rigidly and immovably on the main frame, itsupper end being in position to register with the magazine and receivethe matrices therefrom. The throat or channel entrance C instead ofbeing fixed to the magazine, as heretofore, is now hinged at c to thebase-frame J, upon which the magazine is sustained. This frame J insteadof being attached to the magazine, as heretofore, to be removedtherewith is mounted rigidly in place in the main frame and is intendedto remain permanently therein. The frame J, underlying the magazine,serves to sustain its weight, to prevent it from sagging, and tomaintain it in operative relation to the other parts. The magazine D isseated upon the fixed base-frame J between the throat C at the upper endand the escapement-bar E at the lower end in such. manner that it may bedrawn edgewise over the side of the frame and removed from the machinewith a downward-tilting action, such as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. Inorder to permit the removal of the magazine in this manner, the mainframe A is modified in form, its upper bar being extended rearward andupward in the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 3 in order to be beyond thepath of the magazine. In the machines as heretofore constructed thisside bar was carried upward in such form and position as to prevent theremoval of the magazine laterally. The construction and arrangement ofthe parts to admit of the inclined magazine being withdrawn laterallyand of its being canted or balanced over the edge of the frame in theact of removal are of advantage in that they permit the magazine to beremoved more readily and safely and with far less eflort than under theold construction.

The under side of the magazine and the upper side of the base-frame Jmay be of any suitable form and construction which will admit of theirfitting firmly together without preventing the edgewise removal of themagazine.

I prefer to provide the magazine on the under side, as shown in thedrawings, with transverse stiffening bars or rails d and to form thebase-frame with transverse grooves j to receive and guide the'bars asthe magazine is moved to and from its operative position.

In order to ease the movement of the magazine, I propose to provide theunderlying fixed frame with horizontal rollers j to sustain the directweight of the magazine. I also propose to use rollers on upright axes,as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, in position to ride against the forward edgeof the lowermost cross-bar d of the magazine.

In order to hold the magazine in position and prevent it from shiftingedgewise, the cross-bar d is provided in its lower edge with notches toreceive the rollers, so that when the magazine is carried home to itsoperative position it will settle forward in an endwise direction, therollers entering the notches in the cross-bar and retaining the magazinein place, as shown in. Fig. 5. A slight pull edgewise on the magazine issufficient to cause the rail d to ride upward, so that the rolls leavethe notches and admit of the magazine being easily withdrawn. In thismanner the magazine is moved endwise away from the escapement-bar E inorder to prevent wear or friction between the adjacent surfaces and toprevent the possibility of the matrices at the end of the magazine beinginjured.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 5, the rollers j are spaced irregular distancesapart. Owing to this fact, they will enter the notches in the cross-baronly when the magazine is. in position. While it is being withdrawn itwill be sustained endwise by one or more of the rollers andv preventedfrom sliding forward.

In order to facilitate the turning of the magazine downward in positionto be conveniently grasped at the two sides as it is re moved from themachine, rolls L L may be seated in the side of the base-frame J, asshown. As a further means of facilitating the removal of the magazine Ipropose to provide suspension devices of any suitable character tosustain it in an upright position on the side of the machine. Thesedevices are preferably made in the form of hooks N, secured to themagazine and adapted to engage the rolls L or equivalent supports on theside of the frame J. As the magazine is drawn outward the hooks willautomatically engage the rolls and sustain the inner or rear edge of themagazine while it is being turned downward toward a vertical position,as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1.

The magazine is provided on opposite sides with two handles 0, and whenit is suspended on the side of the frame these two handles, which may beconveniently grasped, serve as a means of readily and easilytransferring the magazine to a support or holder.

When the substitute magazine is to be applied, it may be convenientlysuspended on the side of the machine in the manner indicated by dottedlines in Fig. 1, then easily turned upward at the outer side and pushedhome to its place on the top of the frame.

In order to prevent the escape of the matrices from the magazine atimproper times, a locking-bar P is thrust edgewise through the magazine,as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to engage the lowermost matrices therein, orany other means may be provided to hold the matrices in place.

While I prefer to separate the escapementbar from the magazine and mountit rigidl in the main frame, it is to be understood that my inventionincludes a magazine removable in the manner above described with theescapement devices attached thereto in the ordinary manner.

The essence of the invention lies in mounting the magazine in the mainframe in such manner that it may be drawn over edgewise and removed atone side and in constructing the main frame to permit such removal.

It is manifest that the details of construction may be modified at willand that the suspending devices, the form of the frame underlying themagazine, and the means for holding the magazine in its operativeposition may be of any suitable construction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In alinotype-machine, the laterally-removable magazine lying in an inclinedposition, and the stationary distributing mechanism above the magazine,in combination with the main frame having a fixed portion J, underlyingand sustaining the magazine, and also having the distributersustainingportion deflected beyond the path 'of the magazine, substantially asdescribed and shown, whereby the magazine is maintained in proper formand osition, but permitted to pass freely from t e side of the machine.

2. In a linotype-machine, the magazine inclined and removable edgewise,in combination with the main frame containing the secondary frame J,underlying the magazine and provided with a transverse guide to engagethe magazine and control its movement.

3. In a linotype-machine, the main frame adapted to sustain the magazineand permit its removal at the side, in combination with means forsuspending the magazine at the side.

4. In a linotype-machine, the main frame having the fixedmagazine-support, J, with guides, j, and rollers, y", in combinationwith the laterally-removable magazine, having cross bars or railsthereunder.

5. In a linotypemachine, the inclined magazine removable edgewise, incombination with the stationary main frame underlying the side of themagazine and formed as shown to permit the magazine to be turneddownward over the side during its removal.

6. In combination with the main frame having escapement mechanismthereon, the magazine removable edgewise, and means for moving themagazine endwise away from the escapement mechanism preparatory to itsremoval.

7. In a linotype-machine, the main frame adapted to sustain the magazineand permit its removal edgewise at one side, in combination with themagazine having handles at its sides, and means for temporarilysustaining the magazine at the side of the machine, to the end that thehandles may be grasped by the attendant.

8. A magazine for a linotypemachine,pro Vided at its longitudinal edgewith suspending devices, substantially as described, where by it may betemporarily suspended in an operative position on the side of themachine.

9. The magazine for a linotype-machine, provided with transverseguiding-ribs (Z on the under side and with suspending devices N, at oneedge.

10. In a linotype-machine, a stationary inclined frame J, provided withtransverse guides, in combination with the overlying removable magazineD, having on the under side transverse guides to cooperate with those onthe frame.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 17th day of November,1904, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

DAVID S. KENNEDY.

Witnesses:

JOHN R. ROGERS, JOHN S. PANGAN.

